Since it is the easter season, people have been talking about a particularly significant dinner party AKA "the last supper", which as we all know was a most exclusive event featuring such biblical celebrities as Judas, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and the super-star of the day Jesus. As a result of all this talk, I have been thinking about who would be invited to my own celebrity dinner party/last supper kind of event. I have decided that my dinner party would have 12 guests (seems like a good number) and so as to keep it realistic (hey, it MIGHT happen some day, you never know...) all of my guests are currently alive. Jesus chose a bunch of people he already knew, and in fact, they followed him around ALL THE TIME which I think might be kind of annoying. Unlike Jesus, my invitees are people who don't follow me around day in and day out all over creation. Those people can stay at home for once.
I think I only have about 4 people who have definitely made the list so far and they will be listed below with an explantion of why they have made my list. More will follow until I have arrived at the magic 12. I invite you all to think of your own lists and post them on here too, just for comparison.
1. DAVID SEDARIS-for anyone that knows me, this would be a very obvious choice. I just had the opportunity to meet David at a reading/book signing in Akron and I am convinced that everything he says is funny. It's nice because he's not funny in a comedian jokey kind of way. It just happens that his perspective on life and his complete and utter (sometimes painful) honesty is always amusing. He is humble but quick-witted, and I think he would be able to keep just about any conversation going. Congrats David, you made #1 on my list.
2. ALTON BROWN-This guy is a walking cooking/food encyclopedia, but without a pompous, stuffy Julia Child kind of attitude. His television shows on Food Network are both informative and entertaining, and anyone who can incorporate puppets into a cooking show gets an A+ in my book. I will of course do all the cooking at my dinner party (which Alton will compliment wildly) except for the dessert, which will be complicated and take a long time. I will make Rachel Ray prepare this dessert so she has to stand in the kitchen the whole time listening to our fascinating conversations, and be terribly disappointed when she hears Alton describe her concoction as "blah" and "only slightly better than average."
3. MARK PENNELL-Ok, Mark is not a huge celebrity the world over, but he is the best classical music DJ on the radio (WKSU 89.7 in Kent). Mark is another walking encyclopedia, but his head holds all human understanding about classical music. His stories about the pieces are simply fascinating, and he will delight us with his little tales and quips as the bose radio plays my carefully selected music.
4. DAVID DUCHOVNY-Ok, in spite of every effort to kick him off of this list because of his cheesy hollywood fame status, I just feel obligated to include David. Aside from the fact that I think he one of the finest specimens of male human flesh living today, he does have advanced degrees from ivy-league schools, which makes me think he might be capable of carrying on some interesting conversations with the rest of the crowd. Of course, his wife would NOT be invited, not just because of the obvious jealousy reasons, but mostly because I think she is too dim-witted to keep pace.
SO, there it is...the first four. I'm carefully considering the other applicants, so check back soon for more.
